Rochester man charged with assaulting woman after breaking into her Buffalo home

Content Warning: This article contains details of an alleged physical assault.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Rochester man was arrested Friday after allegedly breaking into a Buffalo woman’s residence and assaulting her, Buffalo police said.

Police said they received a call from a 12-year-old girl claiming her mother had been assaulted around 10 p.m. Thursday. Officers then went to a residence in the 400 block of Normal Avenue and reportedly heard screaming inside.

After forcing open a locked door, officers found a woman lying on the floor with serious injuries, police said. The woman said the assailant, a man she knew, broke into the home, physically and sexually assaulted her, took her phone and escaped through a broken window, police said.

Adan Mohamed, 35, was arrested in connection with the alleged assault following an investigation and charged with:

• One count of first-degree burglary
• One count of second-degree strangulation
• One count of fourth-degree robbery
• One count of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree
• One count of third-degree criminal mischief
• One count of third-degree assault
• One count of second-degree harassment

Mohamed was also wanted in Rochester on a warrant related to a separate incident.

Police said an investigation into the sexual assault allegations was ongoing.